The ESPN 3 camera dolly records the CMU vs. Toledo game on Saturday, Feb. 20 in McGuirk Arena.
Three and a half hours before game time, sophomore Lindsay Gerber hauls boxes of equipment up the bleachers to the platform. She and other crew members of the Chippewa Sports Network unload camera equipment at each of the seven camera locations used during basketball broadcasts.
They prepare to stream a men's basketball game against Ball State live on ESPN3 at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 13.
When the Mid-American Conference and ESPN agreed to a 13-year deal in 2014, it gave students at Central Michigan University an opportunity to broadcast Division I sporting events to a national audience.